葦切鮫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葦 切 鮫
よし
Jinmeiyō 		き(り)
Grade: 2 		さめ > ざめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 葦(よし)切(きり) (yoshikiri, “acrocephalid warbler”) + 鮫(さめ) (same, “shark”). The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よしきりざめ [yòshíkíríꜜzàmè] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɕi̥kʲiɾʲiza̠me̞]

Noun

葦(よし)切(きり)鮫(ざめ) or 葦切鮫(ヨシキリザメ) • (yoshikirizame) 

  1. a blue shark

Usage notes

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